EARLY IN THE MORNIN' (Louis Jordan)
Dallas Bartley / Art Hickman / Louis Jordan    1947

as rec by Ella Mae Morse  1948
also rec by Louis Jordan & his Tympani Five '47


It's early in the mornin' and I can't get right,
'Cause I had a date with my baby last night;

Now it's early in the morning,
It's early in the morning,
It's early in the mornin'
And I ain't got nothin' but the blues!

I went to all the places where we used to go,
I even went to his house but he don't live there no nore;

It's early in the mornin',
It's early in the mornin',
It's early in the mornin'
And I ain't got nothin' but the blues!

I went to see his girlfriend but she was out,
I knocked on his mother's door and she began to shout;

It's early in the mornin',
It's early in the mornin',
It's early in the mornin'
And I ain't got nothin' but the blues!

I went to Jenny Lou's to get something to eat,
The waitress looked at me and said, "You sure look beat!";

It's early in the mornin',
It's early in the mornin',
It's early in the mornin'
And I ain't got nothin' but the blues!

I had a lot o' money when I started out,
For I couldn't find my baby, now my money's all run out;

It's early in the mornin',
It's early in the mornin',
It's early in the mornin'
And I ain't got nothin' but the blues!
It's too early to have the blues!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - September 2009)